I Just ordered a 45MM Martelli Rotary cutter! I am so excited to get it! all you enablers convinced me I Needed it! :)

melissa

I love mine! It really is easier on the wrist.

Hi,

I never heard of that one???

Here's the website with a picture of it:
http://www.martellinotions.com/

If you check out their videos, you can see it demonstrated online.

I love mine. Easy on the wrist and hand.

I have one. when you order, they will send you a dvd showing the correct way to use. It is great!

This is the best on the market. You will LOVE it. I have severe carpal tunnel and have not had one bit of pain while using it-plan on buying a backup in Paducah.

I was looking at this cutter and wondered if it would ease up the strain on the my arthritis in my right hand?

It's worth a try. It is so comfortable to use; conforms to your hand; I can cut all I need at once (then the back goes out)!!! Wish Martelli made something for bad backs.

I too have arthritis and would like to get one. Unfortunately I have to wait until my husband gets back to work. I would also like to get the mat and slit ruler too. But they are expensive!!

This sounds like it would be worth a whorl. I have arthritis and it may make cutting easier.

Wow, what great stuff they have. Too bad I already have a bazillion cutters, rulers, templates and cutting mats.

This cutter is supposed to be unique to any other cutter, I also have olfas and fiskars.

I can tell by the video how unique and great it is. Really impressive, as is the "sticky" black ruler and the 2-sided/colored cutting mat. I really like all that stuff. I have to stick with what I already have for now, but I'm glad to know about the Martelli goodies.

I have the mat, ruler, and the rotary cutter for both right and left hand. It was not cheap but I saved my money for a year to buy it at the Houston quilt show and have not regretted it one teeny tiny bit. :-) I love it all.

Way to go, Myrna! I love the fact that products continue to evolve and improve for us, but I hate the fact that it makes much of what I own obsolete. Now I want a long-arm machine and I know just the one I want; that's definitely a pipe-dream!

I love mine!!! It is much easier on these bad shoulders of mine!!

Their customer service was good to me.

How much do they run?

The mat, ruler, and 1 cutter hand of your choice ran me $200.00 at the quilt show. But straighter lines and much less frustration is worth every penny.

I want one of these so badly. My right wrist is a mess. It's nice to hear such great praise for this tool. I better start saving up for one!

I have actually never seen it before.
Watched the video and now I want the ruler, mat AND cutter!!
Hmm.......oh Honey!! Can I have the credit card, PALEEZE????

They will be in houston terri if u can wait that long. LOL

I have noticed the rotary cutters in the lqs lately. If you are just wanting the cutter check out your lqs. They run abot 25-30 dollars if memory serves me correctly.

When is Houston? I can make that drive!

I have the cutter and mat and I LOVE them! You can't go wrong with this one!

Our these the same cutters?

http://desc.shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nk...bkBtn=1&_rdc=1

What is the advantage of having both a left and right hand cutter?

I noticed that the 45mm was on sale for $19.99 on the Martelli site - which is better - the 45mm or the 60mm?

Thanks - confused semi beginner quilter

They do... Its the table... I saw it at the quilt show in Des Moines... I think it was about $3000, if I remember correctly, but its on a hydraulic lift, so you can raise and lower it to any height, very nice, very pricey...

So, all I need is the 3 G! When I win the lottery...

The left-handed cutter is oriented to make cutting easy for a left-handed person.

Most quilters use the 45mm the most as it has the most applications. You can cut strips with it, it fits into the slots on a June Tailor quarter cut flexible cutting mat, and it works well for making accurate fine cuts on smaller fabric pieces.

I like the 60mm for adding a little brute strength if I have lots of strips to cut from fabric. It doesn't work as well as the 45mm for the other tasks above.

You will love the Martelli Rotary cutter as it's easy on the wrist and I get better control on my cuts.

Has anyone used the Martelli binder system? Is it worth the money?

This sound interesting. Keep us posted on how you like it.

It is awesome! I thought it was dumb the first time I tried my mom's, but then to help her out one night I spent the entire night (while she was sleeping) cutting out a 2000+ piece quilt for her. My wrist did not hurt or cramp at all. There is no way I could have done that with a straight rotary. I bought one immediately! Probably one of the best investments in my quilting I have made. There are lots of cute gimmicks - this one actually works!

Will the ruler work on any mat. Not moving sounds to good to be true. Maybe it has something to do with using both mat and ruler.

Yes it will. I have arthritis inboth hands plus carpal tunnel in the left. Without this cutter I couldn't use the normal ones.

I have it and love it. I do have many other but this seems to be the only one I grab.

OK, just watched the video, now I know how to use mine, I was holding it the wrong way. Made it difficult to cut. It has been hanging on my wall for 3 years, time to take the dust off and give it a second chance.

Someone was asking if the 45 mm or 60 mm cutter was better. It depends on what you want to cut. I use the 45 mm most of the time as I find I can get about curves much better.
I just saw that they will be at the Dallas, TX quilt show next week.

I purchased one from Connecting Threads a few years ago and loved it - while it worked! I'm very hard on blades (keep catching the ruler!) so when it got nicked and I tried to replace it, a spring popped out of the cutter and there was no way I could get it back in. I ended up throwing the whole thing away.

If I had known they had a website at the time they may have been able to help me with it.

I may just buy another one now I know!